Camarao à Guilho Recipe: Quick Portuguese Garlic Prawns
Everyone loves garlic shrimp and Camarao à Guilho is a Portuguese variant that cooks prawns in loads of garlic, olive oil and a splash of white wine, and it is both delicious and obscenely quick to cook!
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 419kcal
Ingredients
- 350 g Raw Prawns (Shrimp)
- 6 Garlic Cloves
- 1 Red Chilli Pepper Go as hot or mild as you like
- 1 Handful Fresh Parsley
- 15 g Butter 1 Tbsp
- 3 tablespoon Olive Oil
- ½-¾ teaspoon Coarse Sea Salt
- 50 ml White Wine 3 tablespoon + 1 Tsp
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
Instructions
- If your prawns are frozen, defrost them by running them under cold water for 5 minutes.
- Peel the garlic cloves and dice them as finely as you can.
- Remove the seeds and stem from the chilli pepper and dice it as finely as you can.
- Finely chop the fresh parsley.
- Heat a 25cm or 10" frying pan over a medium-high heat, and when it is hot, add the olive oil and butter.
- When the butter has melted, add the garlic and chilli, then cook for 90 seconds, stirring regularly.
- Toss in the prawns, season with the coarse sea salt, and cook for 1 minute, tossing regularly.
- Add the white wine and cook for a final 2 minutes.
- Remove from the heat, add the lemon juice and toss through lots of freshly chopped parsley and serve immediately.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 419kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 237mg | Sodium: 1626mg | Potassium: 343mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 718IU | Vitamin C: 38mg | Calcium: 120mg | Iron: 1mg
